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The Strength of Poetry

The settings of the other stories range from a Laundromat

Once in a Lifetime is a highly charged satire about three small-time vaudevillians who set out for Hollywood

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American Smooth: Poems Treaties And with the emergence ofAn occasion to celebrate: a new collection by the Pulitzer Prize winning former poet laureate; her first since On the Bus with Rosa Parks. With the grace of an Astaire, Rita Dove's magnificent poems pay homage to our kaleidoscopic cultural heritage; from the glorious shimmer of an operatic soprano to Bessie Smith's mournful wail; from paradise lost to angel food cake; from hotshots at the local shooting range to the Negro jazz band in World War I